[House Rules-Classes]Dwarven Paladin

Dwarves in my campaign are very religious typically, and are almost universally Lawful (though there is, in the future, an entire clan that turns to Chaos, in the Sundered Empires era, few dwarves are neutral and even fewer are Chaotic. Below describes a typical Dwarven paladin, serving Law.

Sorry that I had to make it two tables. Couldn’t get the formatting to work otherwise.

Dwarven Paladin

Prime Requisite: Str and Wis

Requirements: Con 9

Hit Dice: 1d6

Dwarven Paladins are holy warriors tasked by the gods to fight in the name of the faith. Serving the gods of Law, these chosen few lead the armies of the faithful against enemies both mundane and profane. They are children of war and belief, clinging tightly to the precepts of their Church, ever willing to go where the faithful cannot. They serve alongside the Craftpriests, guiding the Vaultguards in holy chants as they march to war against the numerous dangers beneath the mountains.

As holy warriors, dwarven paladins are highly trained combatants. At first level, Dwarven Paladins hit an unarmored foe (AC 0) with an attack throw of 10+. Like fighters, they advance in attack throws and saving throws by two points every three levels of experience. Paladins increase their base damage roll from melee attacks by +1 at 1st level and by an additional +1 at 3rd, 6th, 9th, and 12th level.

They may wear any armor, and may fight with a broad array of weapons, including the battle axe, flail, lance, mace, morning star, pole arm, spear, sword, two-handed sword, and war hammer. All Paladins may fight wielding a weapon and shield, wielding a weapon two-handed, or wielding a weapon in each hand, as desired. They may use any magic item usable by fighters.

All paladins must be Lawful in alignment. A paladin who changes to Neutral or Chaotic loses his class powers.

If he later reverts to Lawful alignment and atones for any misdeeds (possibly through a quest or atonement spell) he can regain his lost powers.

As Dwarven Paladins are raised in their faith almost from birth, they begin with the Theology proficiency. As their dedication to the arts of their kind, they gain a +1 to any proficiency they take, representing their dedication to perfection.